The Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.
In context
19David inquired of Yahweh, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” Yahweh said to David, “Go up, for I will surely hand the Philistines over to you.” 20David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there. He said, “Yahweh has broken through my enemies before me like a bursting flood.” So that place was named Baal-perazim. 21The Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them off. 22The Philistines came up once more and spread out through the Valley of Rephaim. 23David inquired of Yahweh, and he said, “Do not go straight up. Circle around behind them and come at them opposite the balsam trees.
